Altar Rail Gets Reprieve at North Carolina Church
It will stay indefinitely at St. Mark Catholic Church, while the Diocese of Charlotte awaits liturgical changes from the Bishop Michael Martin.
It will stay indefinitely at St. Mark Catholic Church, while the Diocese of Charlotte awaits liturgical changes from the Bishop Michael Martin.
The pastor of St. Mark’s in suburban Charlotte says he acted on his own initiative as the diocese reviews its liturgical norms and has issued no directive on altar rails.
As restrictions take effect, families in Tryon grieve the loss of a cherished liturgy that shaped their faith and community life.
Bishop Michael Martin also said that if the Vatican changes required restrictions of the TLM, the North Carolina diocese ‘would abide by those instructions.’
Before shepherding his diocese, Bishop Martin had previously spent a successful dozen years as the Catholic chaplain at North Carolina’s Duke University.
Outcry over proposed norms in the North Carolina diocese is rising to international attention, as it represents the first major liturgical dispute during the reign of Pope Leo XIV.
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